[virt-tools-list] [virt-manager PATCH 0/1] virtinst: Use sudo where root permission is needed

Peter Crowther peter.crowther at melandra.com
Thu Sep 14 08:49:06 UTC 2017


On 9 September 2017 at 16:25, Andrew Wong <andrew.kw.w at gmail.com> wrote:

> Perhaps another option would be to avoid using mount/umount for iso
> entirely, and use something like "isoinfo" to extract the kernel, initrd,
> and any other files. This would probably involve a lot more code changes,
> and require the "isoinfo" command to be available.
>
> I'd appreciate this capability.  We've got quite a heavily customised
setup for our rack, and about the only thing that still needs sudo on the
host rather than group membership is installing a Linux guest.  It'd feel
tidier to get rid of that as well, as I'm never *entirely* certain about
the attack surface of virt-tools.

Does anyone have a feel for how difficult this is likely to be, and whether
it's sensible for a newcomer to the codebase to try?

Cheers,

- Peter
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